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Note Mark: OIDC-registered users authenticated by submitting password "null"

Published May 4, 2026

Description

Note Mark is an open-source note-taking application. In version 0.19.2, IsPasswordMatch in backend/db/models.go falls back to a hard-coded bcrypt("null") placeholder whenever a user has no stored password. OIDC-registered users are created with an empty password, so anyone who submits password: "null" to the internal login endpoint receives a valid session for that user. The bypass is unauthenticated and requires no user interaction. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.3.

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CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner GitHub_M
Published May 4, 2026
Updated May 4, 2026
Reserved Apr 21, 2026
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated May 4, 2026
NVD
Status Deferred
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
ENISA EUVD
Assigner GitHub_M
Published May 4, 2026
Updated May 4, 2026
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2026-27051 GHSA-PXF8-6WQM-R6HH